- Date
- January 17, 1982, 05:39 local (11:39 UTC)
- Place
- Picayune, MS
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N654TBeech F50
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820117001059A
- Case key
- 72221
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft took off during darkness with a single-engine pilot in the pilot-in-command (PIC) position and a multi-engine instructor pilot in the copilot (cp) position. The PIC had a full set of controls (when the yoke was on his side); however, there were no rudder pedals for the cp. After takeoff, the plane crashed in a nose low, 90 deg left bank, attitude. A witness reported that the propellers sounded like they were out of pitch during takeoff. The landing gear was found in the extended position. The yoke was found on the cp side. The left propeller blades were bent aft and 2 of the blades were found in the normal high pitch position. An examination of the left engine revealed 6 of 6 cylinders had low compression. The supercharger was worn, the impeller partially disintegrated from rubbing on its housing, and the impeller drive shaft was bent and had been overheated. The aircraft did not have a current annual inspection. There was evidence the PIC was under pressure to complete the itinerary.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N654T
- Reported as
- Beech F50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- FH-84
- Airframe hours
- 2,866
- Engine
- Lycoming GSO-480-B1B6, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Mr. Rene Martin
- Registered owner
- Grant Equipment Company
- Departed
- PCU · Picayune, MS
- Destination
- Jamaica, OF
- Airport
- PCU · Picayune-Pearl River Cnty
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 755 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Temperature
- 73 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.